Fine, well maybe this isn't a traditional mixtape, per se, but it is a mixtape of sorts.  If you guys weren't aware, I, ICECrush, and BigRedMusik (guest blogger, may become full time soon), are in fact twin brothers.  As a result, we try to create great CDs to blast in the car on the way to school perfecting order, meaning, and genre fusion.  We think we have come pretty close to creating a Monster on this one, and after many attempts at perfection we have come up with this list.  Please check out the trax, COMMENT!,  and just enjoy the beauty of iTunes and CD burning capabilities.  The Mix Masters are back!

1) This Way - Dilated Peoples ft. Kanye West

2) Let's Dance to Joy Division - The Wombats

3) I Love College (Remix) - Asher Roth ft. Chamillionaire

4) Dreaming of You - The Coral

5) Feeling This - Blink-182

6) Greener - Tally Hall

7) Superstar - Lupe Fiasco ft. Matthew Santos

8) Used To Love U - John Legend

9) Come Right Out and Say It - Relient K

10) Lost (Remix) - Coldplay ft. Jay-Z

11) Timebomb - Beck

12) Elias (Live) - Dispatch

13) Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers

14) 1492 - Counting Crows

15) Soul Meets Body - Death Cab For Cutie

16) Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) - Wyclef Jean ft. Akon, Lil Wayne, and Niia (DOPE Music Video!!!)

17) Somebody Told Me - The Killers

18) Homecoming - Kanye West ft. Chris Martin

19) 99 Problems - Jay-Z

It's been a while since I've come at you with a "Hottest Trax You've Never Heard", so I thought it was about time to introduce you to one of my favorite indie bands: Tally Hall.  Well, maybe they're no so indie any more, they actually recently signed to Atlantic Records (Congrats guys!), but in my mind they will always be the sweet indie band of guys that wear cool ties and sound like heaven on a CD.

Tally Hall was formed in December in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and they've been truckin' ever since.  It's a shame that more people don't know about them, but Rob (yellow), Zubin (blue), Ross (grey), Joe (red), and Andrew (green) have a lot going for them in terms of musical ability.

The first time I heard of these guys was when I was at camp a few years ago, and the older kids would blast their best known song/rap "Welcome To Tally Hall".  I was instantly hooked, and picked up their album Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum.  The funny thing about this band is that Tally Hall is the name of an indoor shopping plaza in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an arcade there (sadly it is all that remains of the plaza).  Ask SoSickWitItYo about it, he actually knows where it is!

If that history weren't enough for you guys, I wanted to finally introduce the track.  This week's "Hottest Trax You've Never Heard" is Tally Hall's Greener.  I've been listening to this track for a few weeks on repeat, and I still can't tell you what this song is really about.  It's just one of those songs that I love to listen to because of the soothing rhythms and meaningful lyrics.  Hit up that link on YouTube, and check it out.  You won't regret it!

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Well, this will be the first Unknown Artist of the Week that does not fall under the genre of Hip-Hop/Rap. This weeks artist goes by the name of Tally Hall. In 2002, Tally Hall was created in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They currently have one album entitled, "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum," (which is an actual mechanical museum located in Farmington Hills, Michigan) and was released under QUACK!Media Records in November of 2005. Since then, Tally Hall has signed with Atlantic Records, and is already planning for their second studio album.


As it says above, this is Tally Hall's first studio album. It was released in 2005 by QUACK!Media. Overall this is one of my favorite bands ever, and I thought I would share with all you guys my "Secret Band." Here are my ratings and Track Listing for "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (MMMM).

The Track Listing:
"Good Day" (9.6 out of 10)
"Greener" (9.2 out of 10)
"Welcome to Tally Hall" (9.3 out of 10)
"Taken for a Ride" (8.9 out of 10)
"The Bidding" (9.3 out of 10)
"Be Born" (8.7 0ut of 10)
"Banana Man" (8.5 out of 10)
"Just Apathy" (9.6 out of 10)
"Spring and a Storm" (8.6 out of 10
"Two Wuv" (8.9 out of 10)
"Haiku" (8.5 out of 10)
"The Whole World and You" (8.3 out of 10)
"13 (Unlisted)" (N/A out of N/A)
"Ruler of Everything" (8.9 out of 10)
"Hidden in the Sand (Hidden Track)"